2019
Discovery and Contribution of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae NTHI1441 to Human Respiratory Epithelial Cell Invasion
Ahearn C, Kirkham C, Chaves L, Kong Y, Pettigrew M, Murphy T. Discovery and Contribution of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae NTHI1441 to Human Respiratory Epithelial Cell Invasion. Infection And Immunity 2019, 87: 10.1128/iai.00462-19. PMID: 31427451, PMCID: PMC6803334, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00462-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRespiratory epithelial cellsEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayEpithelial cellsAirways of adultsObstructive pulmonary diseaseCell invasionHuman respiratory epithelial cellsNontypeable Haemophilus influenzaeCell enzyme-linked immunosorbent assayAlveolar epithelial cellsAcute exacerbationLower airwaysPulmonary diseaseSerum IgGNTHi strainsTherapeutic interventionsHaemophilus influenzaeHuman bronchialSurface-exposed epitopesEpithelial cell invasionIsogenic knockout mutantsNTHiImmunosorbent assayIntracellular survival
2015
Expression of IgA Proteases by Haemophilus influenzae in the Respiratory Tract of Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Murphy TF, Kirkham C, Jones MM, Sethi S, Kong Y, Pettigrew MM. Expression of IgA Proteases by Haemophilus influenzae in the Respiratory Tract of Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2015, 212: 1798-1805. PMID: 25995193, PMCID: PMC4633762, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseH. influenzaeIgA protease genePulmonary diseaseHuman airwaysHaemophilus influenzaeIgA proteaseH. influenzae infectionsHuman respiratory epithelial cellsHuman IgA1Respiratory epithelial cellsInfluenzae infectionRespiratory tractIgA protease activitySputum samplesClinical settingInfluenzaeEpithelial cellsInfectionAirwayIgA1 fragmentsDiseaseIgA1Protease gene